Bourbon Beach closed???

[crystalwaters]

Sunray your friend is right. We are here right now, it's quiet, one of their slowest Novemebers and begging is severe.

Two young guys from New York were mugged at knife point on the beach on Sunday night. Admittedly they were naive to walk on the beach at night and carry much of their holiday money. They had just flown in and were perhaps excited to have arrived.

They walked from Idle Away past the craft market and were mugged at knifepoint in that area around Rooms on the Beach which seems to attract a lot of agresive hustling who hang around all day.

Three men approached them, held knives to their throat and the guys valued their lives so handed over their wallets and passorts.

They reported it to the police, so far they have not found these thugs.

But yes things have gotten more aggressive in Negril, more desperate, and they are turning their anger on the tourists which is ridiculous because if we decide to not return to Negril they are the ones who will suffer.

Yes Bourbon Beach has closed.

[Bnewb]

Sunray your friend is right. We are here right now, it's quiet, one of their slowest Novemebers and begging is severe.

Two young guys from New York were mugged at knife point on the beach on Sunday night. Admittedly they were naive to walk on the beach at night and carry much of their holiday money. They had just flown in and were perhaps excited to have arrived.

They walked from Idle Away past the craft market and were mugged at knifepoint in that area around Rooms on the Beach which seems to attract a lot of agresive hustling who hang around all day.

Three men approached them, held knives to their throat and the guys valued their lives so handed over their wallets and passorts.

They reported it to the police, so far they have not found these thugs.

But yes things have gotten more aggressive in Negril, more desperate, and they are turning their anger on the tourists which is ridiculous because if we decide to not return to Negril they are the ones who will suffer.

Yes Bourbon Beach has closed.

This is interesting...we're finding early November to be busier than usual...quite a few vendors have been making the same comments to us...though they may not make these comments to a potential sale.

As far as the unfortunate incident on the beach...it's good common sense advice to not carry more money than you're planning to use that night...nor should you be carrying your passports as they serve no purpose in the evening.

I don't ever want to diminish an unfortunate incident...but when things don't seem to add up, you question the validity of the story. False claims of similar incidents are much more common than many people think. As someone living down here...it's shocked me how common these false claims are & when I hear these stories it always make me wonder what's really going on!

[luvjabd]

Im pretty sure the Vybz Kartel show at BB for Valentines Day 2010 was a success, which wasnt sooooo long ago.

[crystalwaters]

bnewb you are so wrong. We are staying at the same hotel as the two guys who were mugged and they have no reason to lie. We saw them make a police report. We also saw them on the beach talking to a rasta prior to the mugging.

We warned him about the guy who had been making abusive comments to women who were not interested in his overpriced bracelets. He quoted us $40 for a factory made bangle, we walked away and the guy spewed out a torrent of abuse at us following us down the beach. The security guard at CodolePalm came to our assistance. Several guests at Coco spoke to the guys after they returned and can assure you this story is no 'invention'.

The guys were later mugged on the beach around the area where those agressive scumbags congregate. The types who do not want to work and who prey on tourists and abuse them if they do not receive money.

The whole area from the craft market down to Rooms needs to be cleaned up. The hustling and begging by loafers is agressive and is driving tourists away.

We were at the hotel when the guys returned shocked, we heard thenm call the police and witnessed them makinga reports. If you think this story is an 'invention' I suggest you call the Negril Police department or talk to the secutiy at CocoLe Palm who knows the young men in quesiton and can vouch for the assault which happened.

Begging has become more agressive. Tourism numbers are down, however the thugs who prey on and abuse tourists are biting the hand that feeds them. They need to be dealt with by the police and rounded noff the beach, they need to be made to do some community work or be enlisted in the army. they are harming Negril's image and driving away tourists.